A Word a Week Photo Challenge : Clouds

This sunset will forever be in my memory as, for me, the most spectacular sunset ever.

We travelled for a year around Australia in 2010. Mostly the skies were a pristine cobalt blue with not a cloud in site. That is till we rounded the corner after going up the East coast, across the outback and headed down the West Coast.

WA, as the locals refer to it, is spectacular in every way. The distances, the wild flowers, the soaring mountain ranges, the national parks, the mining boom funding and fuelling our economy, the enormous road trains, the wild ocean, the wide fish and crocodile filled rivers, the emptiness, the spinifex grass clustered in clumps like small animals and over and above it all the vast expanse of the sky.

I met Mic and Wendy in 2005 and I WWOOFed (willing workers on organic farms) on their seahorse sanctuary in the idyllic township of Kalbarri, in the heart of the National Park and the centre of the fabulous wild flower display (another story for another post…) We visited again in 2010 and this was our last day with them. We took nibbles and wine to the beach, which was just across the road from their place, and watched this sunset.

Kalbari sunset

Thank you Sue for your “word a week challenge” of clouds as it reminded me of that time on our travels around Australia, and gave me the opportunity to share this with you.

First of all I would like to say wonderful blog!
I had a quick question in which I’d like to ask if you
do not mind. I was interested to know how you center yourself and clear your
head prior to writing. I’ve had difficulty clearing my thoughts in
getting my ideas out there. I do enjoy writing however it just seems like the
first 10 to 15 minutes are generally wasted simply just trying
to figure out how to begin. Any ideas or hints? Thank you!

G’day Usana, thank you for the kind comments. As to how I write, usually the challenges suggest a photo for me to use then I build a story around the photos. When I am writing about my travels I just try to bring the feelings I had for a place into my dialogue. I do lie in bed thinking of what I am going to write the next day and try to jot a few phrases down before I start. Hope this helps

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I was WWOOFing for them. In 2005 they had decided to open the unit to the public and I was helping by painting the shop and cafe area, and weeding the native garden they had around the sheds. I travelled around Australia by Greyhound bus and stayed in back packers and did alot of WWOOFing as well. In 2010 when I called in it was on the market and has since been sold.

The seahorse sanctuary was an interesting place, they are quite fascinating little creatures. Did you know the female puts her eggs in a pouch on the front of the male and he incubates them then gives birth to them…

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Pommie Pal comes up trumps again with two colourful images in response to the A WORD A WEEK CHALLENGE – CLOUD. This is a popular one so keep them coming 🙂

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60 something female, ( now 70 I have been doing this blog 3 years) fit and active, loves travel, reading, walking. Born in Yorkshire, UK. Moved to New Zealand, love the country. Became a "Kiwi" lived there 37 years, son and daughter still live there. Moved to Australia because I now live with and love an Australian that I met in NZ and am now an Aussie citizen.